mr. collins? do you agree or just agree? mr. cross, do you agree or disagree? >> i would say you won't like my -- mr. collins, do you agree or disagree. >> there are many causes to climate change. it is not just man made. that statement is incomplete. so i cannot glee to that question. >> do you agree human activity has played a substantial role in climate change? >> the human activity releases a lot of energy into disagree? >> i would say the environment that adds to the warming. but we live in a carbon-rich world, you and i are carbon-based life forms. to live in a carbon free world seems like suicide. -- ms. greenwald, do you agree or disagree? >> i do agree. >> thank you. >> to introduce the coal-fired power plants and increase their efficiency, where has the bulk of the information taken place? the private at level? >> thanks for the question. without making a direct comparison, i would say this is an area for which it is critical for government to be involved. we worked closely with private industry. we need to ensure that we have scientists that work in

mr. collins, congratulations. (applause) >> our next graduate, juan jones. mr. jones, recipient of a scholarship, congratulations, mr. jones. [cheering and applauding] >> our next graduate, chaie louie. did i pronounce it right? did i pronounce your name right? come here and tell me your name. i'm so sorry. >> [inaudible]. >> [speaker not understood]. sorry. (applause) >> our next graduate, john mcdonald. [cheering and applauding] >> mr. mcdonald, congratulations. yeah. (applause) >> that's wonderful. our next graduate, chantelle mc neil. ms. mc neil, come on down. congratulations. (applause) >> our next graduate, ashley nash. ms. nash, congratulations. (applause) >> our next graduate, francois palette, congratulations. (applause) >> that's great, congratulations. our next graduate, caitlin perkins-council. ms. perkins-council. (applause) >> our next graduate, maurice ross. mr. ross, congratulations. (applause) [cheering and applauding] >> nice. our next graduate, naja skinner. ms. skinner, congratulations. [cheering and applauding] >> smile for mom, that's grea

mr. collins. i have a question about the fossil energy loan guarantees, and the agent of 2005 to advance technologies and facilitate commercial application for projects selected for further evaluation in july of 2009, and to date, no final loan guarantees have been issued. .. >> we believe that idea we can stop that process at any point in time. in regards to those for projects, the answer we can be sure that we are not quite certain where those products are >> mr. smith, have you taken any steps to advance these projects? >> thank you for that question, madam chairwoman. this oversees all the research and development and i don't have oversight over the loan guarantee program. i do know the projects that were selected and it focused on this technology. we have recently announced additional levels of funding of $8 billion which is part of this loan guarantee. it would have a very wide range of technologies and offering up for public comment. so we can structure this in a way that has the highest pr

is an investment van american mom called mr collin by this and his family they had some money but they thought should be put towards helping him put security in africa so he came here in the two thousand and three and the lease this farm for twenty five vs and number twenty five vs but he knew it. was too much work you. would like. the american investor introduced himself through the church claiming that he wanted to help eradicate poverty by offering new jobs and food. and not. only what busing to move dominion came here through the church. because it couldn't get in contact with us it used the priests. to use it promised to give us work so that no one would be unemployed. there would be great changes it would build schools and it would give us part of its hottest look at that within the school but there would be food for everyone it was for us was the biggest joy. so these multinational companies we thought big coming to transform a lack and we really celebrated at the time to minerals coming. this thing turned out to be something. one. of. the communities agreed the company would ta

mr. collins is now recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the majority leader. mr. collins: thank you, madam speaker, i appreciate your time tonight and i appreciate you being here and my friends from across the aisle, their time as well. i think they speak to a great issue that's coming aboard and we're going to, i know, have many great discussions about that to come. i'm grateful for this floor time tonight which i'm pleased to share tonight with my good friend and one of the newe members here in the house, the gentleman from missouri, mr. smith. it's an incredible honor and privilege to serve in this house and to be part, and for me, the privilege of serving as the voice of northeast georgia in the us house of representatives for now going on six months. i'm humbled and honored by the trust my constituents have policed tissue placed in me and i want to share some of the lessons i've learn and the profwress we're making in achieving goals i spent over a year talking about on the campaign trail, talking about to the friends and family and the supporters and the cons

mr. collins has been accused of assaulting another inmate. there was never a verification of that, but the accusation was there. >> brian had a history of aggressive behavior, a history of getting into fights with inmates and staff. he was a convicted sex offender, obviously in jeopardy inside a prison, so i think a lot of his aggressive behavior was a means of protecting himself. >> prison officials allowed us to give collins a small videocamera to record his personal thoughts inside his cell. he gave us a rundown of the numerous disciplinary write-ups that he had taped to his wall. >> this is a battery. this is a battery. this is a battery. all of these are batteries. influence to others, disruptive, temperament, volatile, safety habits, careless, supervision required, constant. >> but what we really wanted from collins was the truth about the fight. >> there are two offenders over there that have been messing with me so i went in their room and hit him one time. actually i -- i hit him here. you have an equilibrium station. right here. you

mr. collins: mr. speaker, there's a lot in this country -- there's a lot this country can do to empower our kids to take the challenges of the 21st century but those changes must be considered and debated and adopted by parents whose children will live the with the consequences of those choices. it belongs not in washington and this n street bill helps this. i strongly support h.r. 5 and support this rule and will yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentlelady from north carolina wish to reserve? ms. foxx: yes, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from colorado is recognized. mr. polis: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield two minutes to the gentleman from texas, mr. doggett. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized for two minutes. mr. doggett: thank you. mr. speaker, think of the excitement next month as so many young americans return to school and what this legislation does, it would greet them with a big

mr. collins, mr. lipinski and ms. schakowsky for their support of this bipartisan amendment and urge its adoption. i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman may not reserve. the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition? mr. frelinghuysen: i move to strike the last word. the chair: the gentleman from new jersey is recognized for five minutes. mr. frelinghuysen: i will support the amendment, but i do have some concerns. of course, we want the corps to take a look at the cost of their operation across the nation to see where they can make savings. we are seeking from the corps information before we make any final decisions, but i'm supportive of their objectives. i just need to take a closer look of financial justification for what they're doing, and i yield back. the chair: the gentleman from new jersey yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? >> move to strike the l

mr. collins, for 30 minutes. mr. collins: thank you, mr. speaker. i appreciate that. it's good to be here at the end of the day in which there's been a lot of excitement here on the floor. a lot of voting going on. a lot of debate which is what we're up here for. and one of the things that i have committed to, as we talked about a little bit last week, is pointing out some things that may fall under the radar but actually mat ar great deal to the people of not only the ninth district but to the people of the united states and up here we can get many times lost in what i'll call the big-picture items or the latest of what's hot, so to speak. tonight i want to talk about our local pharmacist. for me that is -- i have a little pharmacist i go to, we have several, but one of the main one i go to is woody's pharmacy. kevin woody. i go in there and i know that when i ask him about the drugs for myself, for my wife, my kids, he gives me answers, he helps me, he knows what goes on. and we got pharmacists in all kinds of settings that do that every day for folks, but our local

mr. collins, for five minutes. mr. collins: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i come from the ninth district of georgia and it's a pleasure always to be back there because the mountains and the rural nature of our district and there's so many businesses that make up in the economic engines from our agriculture to our industry, but they are also the backbone that's played out in the ninth district and this morning i rise to honor what i say backbones of our economic development and that is one of our e.m.c.'s. in fact i rise to honor the electric membership corporation as it april proaches the milestone. they will mark their 70th nniversary of providing clean, reliable, affordable energy to homes and businesses in northeast georgia. it shares lump kin, white, stevens and rayburn counties. it is an innovative member-owned cooperative that provides power to more than 33,000 members and maintains approximately 3,700 miles of line. i had the pleasure of stopping by the e.m.c. a few months ago to speak with their leadership of this great organization. todd a

mr. president. with that, i yield back the floor. ms. collins: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from maine. ms. collins: thank you, mr. president. first, let me commend the senator from louisiana for his amendment. it would restrict criminals who have been convicted of certain violent or sex crimes from receiving housing assistance through h.u.d.'s public housing choice neighborhood and tenant and project-based section 8 programs. now, public housing authorities and private property owners who provide assistance under these programs are already required under federal law to deny admission or assistance to individuals who are subject to lifetime registration on a sex offender industry under a state program. however, when you move to the next stage, strangely enough, it's discretionary. under current law, prior violent criminal activity may be grounds for the denial of assistance for public housing and the section 8 programs, but it's not required to be grounds to deny that kind of assistance, and that is exactly the point that senator vitter is t

mr. chairman, i'd like to yield to my good friend, doug collins, from georgia, for one minute. the chair: the gentleman from georgia is recognized for one minute. mr. fleming: who is by the way a chaplain himself. mr. collins: i appreciate the gentleman yielding time. this is an interesting amendment, especially for me, because i am currently a chaplain in the united states military. i appreciate the arguments that have been made here, but let's just bring back something that needs to be made. and then when we deal with this, in the contradiction of terms, a chaplain is there to provide services and spiritual guidance and a guiding hand, if you would, to all. those of faith and those with no faith. and that is done in a confidential setting and it is done in a way in which the person who brings to the chaplain their feelings, their needs and their conversations are kept in that conversation. what i'm here to do is support this amendment because i believe it attacks the basis of the chaplainsy, it attacks the chaplainsy as a whole, this introduction into the d.o.d. to bring an at

mr. collins. >> thank you, madam chair. .ook forward to the testimony earlier, ifd looking forward is looking to the past is appropriate, but the i want to frankly, say as we look forward into what happened as someone who else has served in a been there, let's look at the report and do it we are here to do and focus on the fact real lives were lost, real lives were cost, and taxpayer money, and this idea we have a false premise going there or other things needs to be left on the table and we need to focus on what we can learn and move ahead. >> mr. kennedy is recognized. thank you for holding this hearing and thank you to our witnesses for your service and important work. i'm going to add my voice to the voices at you have already heard this morning. in reviewing the report, i join my colleagues in being particularly troubled with some of the markets and the contracting that you pointed out . $900 for a switch that was seven dollars, 12,000% markup. pipe, a markup of 5000%. what can we do to make sure our treasury is spent wi

mr. collins: is for lack of wanting? have we lost our work ethic or entrepreneurial spirit? absolutely not. no, what is standing between the american people and a new era of prosperity is a federal government that thinks it knows how to spend folks' money more than they do. that's why we need to embrace the free market principles articulated in the house republican plan. we need to reduce health care costs by repealing obamacare. we need to reduce energy costs by responsibly tapping into our nation's oil and gas reserves. we need to stop wasteful spending and reduce federal bureaucracy and finally we need to protect economic freedom. this plan will help make america the most vibrant and productive economy in the world and that's what we need to do. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? for what purpose does the gentlelady from texas seek recognition? without objection, the gentlelady is recognized for one minute. ms. jackson lee: last week, houston lost a w

mr. collins: that's why republicans brought to the floor two bills, one to delay implementation of the employerdelay implementation of the individual mandate. why did we do that? we say because it is fair. we don't want to pick one or the other. many times in this house we come and pit one against the other. i say to this administration and to both sides of the aisle let's play fair. that's why we brought it to the floor. that's what matters. washington needs to be honest with the american people. s that broken health care law. we just simply brought fairness to the playing field yesterday. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from north carolina seek recognition? without objection. mr. butterfield: i was looking forward to a bipartisan compromise on farm programs as well as nutrition programs. as we all know the republicans moved the -- reniveed food titeflell farm bill, narrowly passed it on a vote of 216-208. i'm proud not a single democrat voted for this ill conceived bill denying food support for food banks and millions of am

mr. collins is recognized. >> look forward to the testimony of the witnesses. we have heard this and other committees and i look forward to it. we have looked to the past as appropriate. order, i will say as someoneforward who has been to iraq, let's look at the report and do what we are here to do on oversight. let's focus on the fact that real lives were lost. real lives were cost. and the taxpayer money. this idea we had a false premise of going there needs to be left on the table and we need to focus on what we can learn and move ahead. i yield back. >> thank you. mr. kennedy is recognized. >> thank you for holding this hearing. thank you for your service and import more. i will add my voice to those who have heard this morning. in reviewing the report, i join my colleagues in been troubled with some of the markups and contract and you pointed out. on one page, $900 for gifts which -- for us which valued at $7. another bid for $80 for a piece of pvc plumbing that was competitively bid on 4 $1.41. placey the systems in were inadequate. what can we do to make

collins: mr.president, i'm pleased to join chairman murray as we begin floor consideration of the fiscal year 2014 appropriations bill for the departments of transportation, housing and urban development and related agencies. mr. president, this return to regular order in which appropriations bills are considered individually with the opportunity for full debate, for members to come to the floor and offer their amendments is welcome indeed. and like senator murray, i want to commend the two leaders of our appropriations committee: senator mikulski, the chair; and senator shelby, the ranking member, for their commitment to returning to regular order. we simply must stop the irresponsible practice of waiting until the 11th hour and then producing a bundled bill totaling thousands of pages with little or no opportunity for truly careful deliberation and debate. i want to thank our subcommittee chairman for working re -- working very closely with me to craft this bipartisan bill. she has been a tremen

collins: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from maine. ms. collins: if the senator from illinois will yield just further? i, too, want to comment on the progress that we have made this week. we have been considering this appropriations bill in regular order. we have actually cleared several amendments today. we have had some votes. we have defeated an amendment to recommit the bill to committee. so that we can proceed to go forward. so senator murray and i will be here on monday ready and open for business. we'll start sequencing amendments. and i hope that members on both sides of the aisle will approach this bill in a cooperative spirit with respect to -- for the rights of senators to offer their amendments and get votes and that we won't see members drawing lines in the sand or deciding that they're going to block action going forward, because i think this vote -- this bill, rather, could be a model of how we should operate. thank you, mr. president. i thank the senator from illinois. mr. durbin: mr. president, i ask consent that the import

mr. collins, kindly resume the chair? the chair: the house is in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for further consideration of h.r. 5, which the clerk will report by title. the clerk: a bill to support state and local accountability for public education, protect state and local authority, inform parents of the performance of their children's schools, and for other purposes. the chair: when the committee of the whole house rose on thursday, july 18, 2013, amendment number 21, printed in house report 113-158, offered by the gentleman from georgia, mr. brown, had been disposed of. it is now in order to consider amendment number 22 printed in house report 113-158. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> mr. chairman, i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 22, printed in house report number 113-158, offered by mr. culberson of texas. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 3303, the gentleman from texa

mrs. murray: move to reconsider. ms. collins: move to lay on the taifnlgt. the presiding officer: without objection. mrs. murray: i want to thank the senator from ow from ohio fr bringing his amendment before us and laying a good example for all members to bring your amendments to the floor and we will work our way through them and we hope everyone can contact myself and senator collins as quickly as possible. with that, i call up senator cardin's amendment number 1760. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from washington, mrs. murray, for mr. cardin, proposes amendment numbered 1760. mrs. murray: i ask that further reading be dispensed with. officer without objection. with. the presiding officer: without objection. f. mrs. murray: i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: ms. mikulski: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from maimpletd. ms. mikulski: i ask that the call of the quorum be vacated. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. mikulski: ma

mr. erick and on behalf of the supervisor kim and avalos for the late ms. collins >> madam clerk any more business in front of the body. >> that concludes our agenda and a ladies and gentlem - ladi that concludes our agenda we're >> i want to learn more about it. >> social networking and e-mail. >> i want to know how to use it. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> divisional divide is a divide between those with access to use digital tools and those who don't. >> with young people, having computers and i just don't know. they're doing it fast. so, i want to know. >> not knowing how to navigate the internet or at a loss of what to do. >> we don't have a computer. >> we're a nonprofit that unites organizations and volunteers to transform lies through literacy. our big problem right now is the broadband opportunity program. a federally funded project through the department of aging. so, we're working in 26 locations. our volunteers are trained to be tutors and trainers, offering everything from basic classes all the way to genealogy and job search. >> to me computers, knowing how to use it. >> i

mr. erick and on behalf of the supervisor kim and avalos for the late ms. collins >> madam clerk any more business in front of the body. >> that concludes our agenda and a ladies and gentlem - ladi that concludes our agenda we're >> this lodge is home to some of the best fly casting pools in the world. these shallow concrete pools don't have fish. this is just a place where people come to practice their fly casting technique. ith was built in the 1930's and ever since, people have been coming here to get back to nature. every year, the world championship of fly casting is held in san francisco and visitors from all over the globe travel to be here. >> we are here with phil, general manage

mrs. murray: move to reconsider. ms. collins: move to lay it on the table. the presiding officer: without objection. mrs. murray: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from washington. mrs. murray: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak for up to ten minutes each. further, that when the senate rhyme consideration of s. 1243, on wednesday, july 24, senator portman be recognized to call up his amendment number 1749. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mrs. murray: madam president? with that, there will be no further roll call votes on this tonight. i know there's several senators who want to speak tonight. we'll begin again tomorrow morning with senator portman's amendment. i would ask also senators who do have amendments on the thud bill to get them. senator collins and i are ready, open for business. we want to move this along and we're ready to go. so, please, don't wait until the last minute, thursday night. get your amendments in tomorrow. you'll ha

mr. erick and on behalf of the supervisor kim and avalos for the late ms. collins >> madam clerk any more business in front of the body. >> that concludes our agenda and a ladies and gentlem - ladi that concludes our agenda we're >> a lot a ton with the community and we say to ourselves, there is this one and this one. we all compartmentalize them, we have our own agenda. our agenda is to create great work. if you are interested in that, you are part of our community. >> hello and welcome to brava theater. >> trying to figure out a way to make a space where theater and presentation of live work is something that you think of the same way that you think of going to the movies. of course, it has been complex in terms of economics, as it is for everyone now. artistically, we have done over 35 projects in four seasons, from producing dance, theater, presenting music, having a full- scale education program, and having more than 50,000 visitors in the building almost every year. a lot of our emerging artists to generate their first projects here, which is great. then we

mr. erick and on behalf of the supervisor kim and avalos for the late ms. collins >> madam clerk any more business in front of the body. >> that concludes our agenda and a ladies and gentlem - ladi that concludes our agenda we're (applause) >> well, thank you and welcome to california. it's a great place to come and talk about solar energy because we are in the forefront of certainly the rest of the states, probably -- in fact, certainly in the western hemisphere, california is in the lead. and that's important. but being in the lead doesn't mean we've arrived at the goal. got a long way to go and i hope the work you do here, the conversations, the relationships that are formed can help advance the cause of solar energy and renewable energy or generally. back when i was governor the first time, that was a long time ago -- some of you folks weren't even born then -- not too many. i see a few gray hairs here who are hanging around. that was a long time ago, 38 years ago, as a matter of fact. very few people get to be governor 38 years after they first started. [laugh

mr. patrick how they could connect to the center to the park level as well as we discussed conceptually. and the building behind it was formerly john collins but if we wanted open existing from those recuperates across the property line that would be something that pg a would be interested in talking about. and activating the spaces. so i wanted to assure the directors that these are a part of the center operation and a great deal of care went into their placement and we've attempted to look at apply patrick's suggestions and alternatives for those programs but believe that the approach we're carrying forward is the best design solution to provide those functions and be happy to answer any questions you have about them >> are there any questions from board members. >> yeah, i'm glad to hear hair the report because mr. patrick and i met in the park a couple of weeks ago. i agree we have to do a stand-alone evaluation but at the end what are your plans and, you know, and if they had come to fruittion i think we're going to do the right thing and being cognizant we have to have our own criteria to abide by >> any questions? i appreciate i loo

mr. reid: colleagues, we'll likely have one more vote tonight and then we'll have senator murray and senator collins determine what's going to happen on the appropriations bill before us. i rise now, mr. president, to honor our colleague, orrin hatch. the next vote cast will be orrin hatch's 13,000th vote. 13,000. this is a tremendous accomplishment. and it speaks to his dedication to the state of utah, his constituents, and the united states senate and our country. he's the republicans' most senior member. he's now serving in his seventh term in the united states senate. before running for the senate, senator hatch received a bachelor's degree from brigham and young university, a law degree from university of pittsburgh, and worked in -- was in private practice for a number of years. he's the ranking member on the finance committee today. as we know, he made a great reputation for himself when he was chair of the judiciary committee. where we worked together with him, as we all did, for those many years. he serves on the help committee, joint committee on taxation. he's really had a significant imp

collins thinks that can be a positive. look at the top of the chart. this is an important momentum indicator that's what you need to know. during the whole period of consolidation, mrsix had pulled back and it's begun to rise again. see this slight inflection? you know that is? a sign that kellogg is gaining momentum. based on the daily chart, collins remember he said $70.50 over the next four to six weeks, 8% gain. not bad for a slow grower. and basically weekly chart he thinks it will go to $77 by year end. now a gain of 18% on top of the 17%. that's stupendous. considering the low risk that kellogg engenders given the production line. all the brands i mentioned to you, they don't fluctuate with the economy. hasn't kellogg's come up too far too fast? it can keep rallying now that it's no longer in style at the wall street fashion show? well, collins has answers to those objections too. now look at the kellogg's performance relative to the s&p 500. hey, you know what, kellogg's has actually underperformed the s&p 500. so much for the ballyhoo that it's straight up. we're starting to see an aggressive accumulation of stock. this is the line. then it's gone on here,

collins, the ranking member from maine. we hope to vote on confirmation of the west nomination today to be associate attorney general. senators will be notified when votes are scheduled. mr. president, about 80 years ago when president franklin roosevelt first proposed social security as an insurance against poverty in oldagers the idea was controversial. it was new, never been done before, nothing like it. but in 1935, 97 republicans joined democrats in congress to create one of the most successful social programs in history, if not "the most" successful social program in our country and the history of the world. two decades later, president dwight eisenhower proposed the nation's first interstate highway system. why did dwight eisenhower do this? as a young major in the army, he was directed to bring a convoy of troops and equipment across the country, and he determined at that time something had to be done. the roads were nonexistent and those that existed were not in very good shape. so when he became president, after having been such a successful leader of our efforts in world war ii, he asked congress to invest $50 billion -- under present-day dollars, mr. presiden

firm and risk profile of a systemic footprint consistent with the collins amendment and others under the dodd-frank act. thank you, mrirman. i'm pleased to take questions. >> thank you. the chair will recognize himself for five minutes for questions. mr. chairman, the first question is obvious as you testified before the joint economic session for "the wall street journal." mr. bernardi's testimony was released early in this and the dow jones has dropped almost 600-point. these commons of july 10 have been part of the s&p record highs. this is an easy type of money, quote and unquote. you have described or thresholds is providing guidance to the market, which have also qualified that the thresholds provide or how the policy will change once those thresholds have been reached. a recent survey of 55 economists by "the wall street journal" gives it a d-. so if you could comment on these comments, that would be great. >> certainly, mr. chairman. we are a difficult environment economically and financially and we are dealing with unprecedented monetary policy developments. i continue to believe that we should do everything

mrs. murray: i wanted to notify all our colleagues that senator collins and i have been working together withmany of our colleagues on amendments to the transportation and housing bill over the past week, and i want to be very clear that that work is continuing. the majority leader has made clear that we're going to keep working on amendments on that bill, so everybody should be prepared for more votes. and i want to urge all of my colleagues to continue talking to me and continue talking to senator collins, and we will keep working to get as many amendments done as possible. many of you have approached us already with your plans and thoughts. i urge the rest of you not to wait until the last minute. senator collins and i are working with the floor staff to line up votes. i know everyone is anxious to have august recess occur. we are as well. the sooner we can get the amendments and get this bill completed, the soon all of us will be able to accomplish that. i know that a number of our colleagues on the floor that have noted that this has been an open process, that's what senator collins and

work that began with then democrat chairman, collin peterson, when the bill began its writing process and has continued on a bipartisan basis with the gentleman, mr. lucas, the chairman of the committee, and that what is what we are trying to present today. the bill which we are presenting today has every consideration that i believe is necessary and important about why this house should move forward and support this legislation. legislation is common sense, fiscally responsible, and it's a solution to answers that are in the marketplace. i urge my colleagues to understand not only what we stated today, but which was testimony last night in an agreement in the rules committee. i support the underlying legislation. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas reserves. the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. mcgovern: i yield to the gentleman from north carolina for a unanimous consent request. mr. watt for a yeak. the speaker pro tempore: is recognized. mr. watt: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks in opposition to the rule, which prohibits offering amendments that would protec